MEDIA SHOULD GO AND LOOK FOR SPONSORS OF AIRLIFTED SUPPORTERS.

The Minister of Sports, Mahama Ayariga has
debunked claims that government of Ghana and his
ministry paid for fans to be airlifted to Equatorial
Guinea to support the Black Stars at the just
ended AFCON 2015.
According to him, even though he heard some
supporters were being airlifted to support the
Black Stars , he is not aware of who sponsored them
and how much was involved .
Information making the rounds indicate
Government of Ghana spent over six million dollars
( $ 6 million ) to airlift about 250 fans to Equatorial
Guinea.
But speaking in an interview on PEACE FM Morning
Show ‘ Kokrokoo ’ , Mahama Ayariga said his ministry
did not sponsor supporters to Equatorial Guinea.
He intimated: “ the minister of youth and sports
did not spend money on transporting supporters to
Equatorial Guinea. Not one pesewa of the ministry
was approved for anybody to go and watch the
football. We didn ’ t get ourselves involved in that
and so how they got their funds and whoever was
contracted ; we didn ’ t have anything to do with
that ”.
He urged the media to go round and look for the
company that sponsored the supporters to
Equatorial Guinea since that is not part of his
work, adding : “ I feel sad that the conversation has
been reduced to this level ; I thought the
conversation will be about the performance of the
Black Stars . I thought that will be the
concentration ; what lesson did we learn , the
sacrifices they ( players ) made and so on… I thought
that with this useful airtime that we have , that will
be the concentration …”